These are reserved words hence cannot be used. Do not use the following reserved device names for the name of a file: > > CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, > LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 > > Also avoid these names followed immediately by an extension; for example, > NUL.txt is not recommended. > Quoting the File Names, Paths, and Namespaces<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx>MSDN article.
Although u can use cmd to create these folders ... can you store any files or folders in them? On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Michael Douglas <[email protected]>wrote: > Yep it was right up there with the ping of death "goodness". > > So while security has a long way to go on every OS, it's nice to see > that forward progress* is being made. > > - Mick > > * Though sometimes it really feels like two steps forward three steps back! > ;-P > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:22 AM, Pat<[email protected]> wrote: > > This should be fixed for a while now > > > > Anyone remember the CON CON bug from 98/95 > > > > if you told a machine to open c:\con\con\anything.fil it would blue > screen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> 2009/7/19 Dimitrios Kapsalis <[email protected]>: > >> > My XP is completely patched and it created a NULL folder. > >> > >> Just read the article, it is NUL, not NULL. I can't create NUL. > >> > >> > > >> > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> 2009/7/19 Tom Brennan - Personal <[email protected]>: > >> >> > right click the windows desktop and create a folder named: > >> >> > > >> >> > CON or PRN or NULL > >> >> > > >> >> > <smirk> > >> >> > >> >> NULL works ok in a completely unpatched XP, the other two names are > >> >> ignored. > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Pauldotcom mailing list > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > >> >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Pauldotcom mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > >> > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pauldotcom mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pauldotcom mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > -- With Regards, Prashant Pain is the price you pay for resisting life.
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